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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE Go online for more photos of the men’s volleyball game.
Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | VOL. 163, NO. 21 | www.dailytrojan.com thursday, february 14, 2008
easy listening
On tour and loving it, Tristan Prettyman plays
with G. Love and Special Sauce at
the House of Blues this weekend. 7
Sports agent values
Sports attorney Leigh Steinberg is a
different kind of agent who focuses
on friendships and not money. 20
Trojans to remain at Coliseum
By KATIE HILL
Daily Trojan
The USC football team had a
big win last night without even
stepping on the field.
The Los Angeles Memorial
Coliseum Commission and USC
held a press conference last night
and signed a letter of intent that
will keep Trojan football at the
Coliseum for at least 25 more years.
The Trojans have played at
the Coliseum for the past eight
decades.
USC and the commission will
negotiate a final, binding lease
within 60 days.
There were sighs of relief as
LAMCC turned down a lease
proposal from US CapitalCorp, a
company that aspired to bring a
National Football League team to
the Trojans’ traditional turf.
Instead, the commission signed
a letter of intent to grant a 25-year
tenancy to USC that may be
renewed for an additional 22 years.
The terms require the university to
pay 8 percent of ticket sales to the
Coliseum as rent.
The deal rests upon the 47-year
agreement signed by LAMCC and
the State of California in which the
state will pay $1 million or more
per year to own the land beneath
the Coliseum.
In order to raise money for
Coliseum renovations, naming
rights to the Coliseum will be sold
to sponsors for $4 to $6 million
per year, according to an official
press release. The money will be
used exclusively for improvements,
including more public restrooms
and concession stands and new
locker rooms, elevators and
escalators. All of the seats will
be replaced, and the sound and
lighting systems will be upgraded.
There will also be a new score
and video board at the west end of
the Coliseum and all old boards
will be upgraded, the press release
said.
The renovation program was a
central provision in the 22-page
document signed by both parties.
Most of the work will begin in the
next five years, said LAMC general
manager Pat Lynch.
“We’re not waiting for the naming
rights deal to go through with the
improvements,” Lynch said. “We’re
starting the improvements right
now.”
The commission will use $10
million that it already has for
preliminary improvements, he said.
Officials are optimistic that the
naming rights will generate more
than $100 million in the first 25
years of the agreement, the press
release said.
Lynch said the agreement does
not rule out the possibility of an
NFL team coming to the Coliseum
in the future.
“[The NFL] has a seat at the table,
and ‘SC has a seat at the table — a
front seat at the table. So it doesn’t
close the door [on the NFL]; it
just makes sure it’s a round table
discussion,” Lynch said.
The agreement gives USC consent
rights over any professional
football team hoping to use the
stadium in the future, said Kristina
Raspe, associate vice president of
real estate and asset management.
“We have negotiated a clause
USC and the Coliseum
Commission signed a
tentative 25-year lease.
| see coliseum, page 3 |
Joshua Sy | Daily Trojan
Coach | Pete Carroll: Coliseum is
the “only place” for ‘SC football.
USG negotiates to
keep The Row Greek
By KATIE DURKO
Daily Trojan
In an effort to keep The Row
Greek, USC’s Undergraduate Stu-dent
Government recently helped
the campus’ newest Panhellenic
sorority, Sigma Delta Tau, nego-tiate
a five-year lease on a newly
renovated house on The Row after
months of wondering whether The
Row’s dynamic might change.
SDT’s lease on the house, which
will begin August 1, 2008, was re-cently
confirmed, but the landlord,
CDI manager Harold Tennen,
originally wanted to use the prop-erty
as an apartment complex.
In June 2007, the USG Commu-nity
Advisory Board approached
USG vice president Max Slavkin
and explained that Tennen was
planning to convert the property
to an apartment-style housing
structure.
“Having an apartment in the
middle of the Greek Row would
totally kill the vibe of the row and
the Greek community that the row
represents,” Slavkin said.
USG Greek senator Ashley
Howell, speaker pro tempore Dil-lon
Nichols and director of cam-pus
affairs Jens Midthun met with
USG helped Sigma Delta
Tau sign a five-year lease,
keeping The Row Greek.
| see row, page 6 |
Workshop gives advice for landing jobs
By TAMARA STRELNIK
Daily Trojan
Graduate and undergraduate stu-dents
from various departments
gathered Wednesday to seek advice
from seasoned experts on how to
succeed as faculty researchers in their
respective fields.
Searching and Interviewing for
Academic Jobs, a workshop offered
by the Center for Excellence in Teach-ing,
discussed the process of search-ing,
applying and interviewing for a
job in academia.
The workshop primarily focused
on students looking to conduct re-search
as a university faculty mem-ber,
similar to many professors at
USC.
Professors Peter Starr, Frank
Manis and Annenberg alumna and
tenure-track faculty member Carrie
Ann Platt led the talk, taking turns
discussing detailed tips, situations,
anecdotes and personal experiences.
After the information session,
students broke into smaller groups
for one-on-one advice and more exer-cises
aimed at preparing students for
the interviewing process.
The audience was mostly made up
of graduate students from various
departments, which comprise more
than half of USC’s 33,500-strong
student body.
James Lawford Anderson, direc-tor
of the Center for Excellence in
Teaching, discussed the importance
of patience and perseverance in the
job-seeking process.
A professor of earth sciences, An-derson
has supervised more than two
dozen graduate students who have
continued on to academic positions.
He emphasized the importance
of helping students in all aspects of
their academic and life goals.
“Part of our responsibility is to
help them outside the classroom,
where a lot of the learning happens,”
Anderson said. “What if all students
aren’t getting the same advice? Let’s
level the playing field.”
Anderson said he has been teach-ing
and doing research at USC for 32
years and embraces the shift toward
learner-centered teaching, even in the
largest lecture halls. He makes it a
point to know each student’s name,
input and progress throughout the
semester.
The Center for Excellence in
Teaching explained how to
get jobs in academia.
| see jobs, page 3 |
Opinion |
Crack sentencing law
should be instated
retroactively, writes
columnist Keaton Gray.
PAGE 4
Things to A V O I D During an Interview
Sitting until the employer offers you a seat.
Taking notes.
Smoking, chewing gum or a eating breath mint.
Listening in on telephone conversations or reading or
inspecting documents on an interviewer’s desk.
Standing if someone enters the office. Only stand if you
are introduced to the person.
Calling an interviewer “sir” or “madam.” Use the
interviewer’s name.
Criticizing others.
Giving one- or two-word answers.
Using profanity, even if the interviewer does.
Asking “Will I get the job?”
Discussing salary until later in the process.
Sharing jokes or be overly humorous. This could cast
doubt on the seriousness of your candidacy.
Joshua Sy | Daily Trojan
Tradition | Talk of moving Trojan football to the Rose Bowl ceases
after a tentative 25-year lease is signed by USC and the Coliseum.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE Go online for more photos of the men’s volleyball game.
Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | VOL. 163, NO. 21 | www.dailytrojan.com thursday, february 14, 2008
easy listening
On tour and loving it, Tristan Prettyman plays
with G. Love and Special Sauce at
the House of Blues this weekend. 7
Sports agent values
Sports attorney Leigh Steinberg is a
different kind of agent who focuses
on friendships and not money. 20
Trojans to remain at Coliseum
By KATIE HILL
Daily Trojan
The USC football team had a
big win last night without even
stepping on the field.
The Los Angeles Memorial
Coliseum Commission and USC
held a press conference last night
and signed a letter of intent that
will keep Trojan football at the
Coliseum for at least 25 more years.
The Trojans have played at
the Coliseum for the past eight
decades.
USC and the commission will
negotiate a final, binding lease
within 60 days.
There were sighs of relief as
LAMCC turned down a lease
proposal from US CapitalCorp, a
company that aspired to bring a
National Football League team to
the Trojans’ traditional turf.
Instead, the commission signed
a letter of intent to grant a 25-year
tenancy to USC that may be
renewed for an additional 22 years.
The terms require the university to
pay 8 percent of ticket sales to the
Coliseum as rent.
The deal rests upon the 47-year
agreement signed by LAMCC and
the State of California in which the
state will pay $1 million or more
per year to own the land beneath
the Coliseum.
In order to raise money for
Coliseum renovations, naming
rights to the Coliseum will be sold
to sponsors for $4 to $6 million
per year, according to an official
press release. The money will be
used exclusively for improvements,
including more public restrooms
and concession stands and new
locker rooms, elevators and
escalators. All of the seats will
be replaced, and the sound and
lighting systems will be upgraded.
There will also be a new score
and video board at the west end of
the Coliseum and all old boards
will be upgraded, the press release
said.
The renovation program was a
central provision in the 22-page
document signed by both parties.
Most of the work will begin in the
next five years, said LAMC general
manager Pat Lynch.
“We’re not waiting for the naming
rights deal to go through with the
improvements,” Lynch said. “We’re
starting the improvements right
now.”
The commission will use $10
million that it already has for
preliminary improvements, he said.
Officials are optimistic that the
naming rights will generate more
than $100 million in the first 25
years of the agreement, the press
release said.
Lynch said the agreement does
not rule out the possibility of an
NFL team coming to the Coliseum
in the future.
“[The NFL] has a seat at the table,
and ‘SC has a seat at the table — a
front seat at the table. So it doesn’t
close the door [on the NFL]; it
just makes sure it’s a round table
discussion,” Lynch said.
The agreement gives USC consent
rights over any professional
football team hoping to use the
stadium in the future, said Kristina
Raspe, associate vice president of
real estate and asset management.
“We have negotiated a clause
USC and the Coliseum
Commission signed a
tentative 25-year lease.
| see coliseum, page 3 |
Joshua Sy | Daily Trojan
Coach | Pete Carroll: Coliseum is
the “only place” for ‘SC football.
USG negotiates to
keep The Row Greek
By KATIE DURKO
Daily Trojan
In an effort to keep The Row
Greek, USC’s Undergraduate Stu-dent
Government recently helped
the campus’ newest Panhellenic
sorority, Sigma Delta Tau, nego-tiate
a five-year lease on a newly
renovated house on The Row after
months of wondering whether The
Row’s dynamic might change.
SDT’s lease on the house, which
will begin August 1, 2008, was re-cently
confirmed, but the landlord,
CDI manager Harold Tennen,
originally wanted to use the prop-erty
as an apartment complex.
In June 2007, the USG Commu-nity
Advisory Board approached
USG vice president Max Slavkin
and explained that Tennen was
planning to convert the property
to an apartment-style housing
structure.
“Having an apartment in the
middle of the Greek Row would
totally kill the vibe of the row and
the Greek community that the row
represents,” Slavkin said.
USG Greek senator Ashley
Howell, speaker pro tempore Dil-lon
Nichols and director of cam-pus
affairs Jens Midthun met with
USG helped Sigma Delta
Tau sign a five-year lease,
keeping The Row Greek.
| see row, page 6 |
Workshop gives advice for landing jobs
By TAMARA STRELNIK
Daily Trojan
Graduate and undergraduate stu-dents
from various departments
gathered Wednesday to seek advice
from seasoned experts on how to
succeed as faculty researchers in their
respective fields.
Searching and Interviewing for
Academic Jobs, a workshop offered
by the Center for Excellence in Teach-ing,
discussed the process of search-ing,
applying and interviewing for a
job in academia.
The workshop primarily focused
on students looking to conduct re-search
as a university faculty mem-ber,
similar to many professors at
USC.
Professors Peter Starr, Frank
Manis and Annenberg alumna and
tenure-track faculty member Carrie
Ann Platt led the talk, taking turns
discussing detailed tips, situations,
anecdotes and personal experiences.
After the information session,
students broke into smaller groups
for one-on-one advice and more exer-cises
aimed at preparing students for
the interviewing process.
The audience was mostly made up
of graduate students from various
departments, which comprise more
than half of USC’s 33,500-strong
student body.
James Lawford Anderson, direc-tor
of the Center for Excellence in
Teaching, discussed the importance
of patience and perseverance in the
job-seeking process.
A professor of earth sciences, An-derson
has supervised more than two
dozen graduate students who have
continued on to academic positions.
He emphasized the importance
of helping students in all aspects of
their academic and life goals.
“Part of our responsibility is to
help them outside the classroom,
where a lot of the learning happens,”
Anderson said. “What if all students
aren’t getting the same advice? Let’s
level the playing field.”
Anderson said he has been teach-ing
and doing research at USC for 32
years and embraces the shift toward
learner-centered teaching, even in the
largest lecture halls. He makes it a
point to know each student’s name,
input and progress throughout the
semester.
The Center for Excellence in
Teaching explained how to
get jobs in academia.
| see jobs, page 3 |
Opinion |
Crack sentencing law
should be instated
retroactively, writes
columnist Keaton Gray.
PAGE 4
Things to A V O I D During an Interview
Sitting until the employer offers you a seat.
Taking notes.
Smoking, chewing gum or a eating breath mint.
Listening in on telephone conversations or reading or
inspecting documents on an interviewer’s desk.
Standing if someone enters the office. Only stand if you
are introduced to the person.
Calling an interviewer “sir” or “madam.” Use the
interviewer’s name.
Criticizing others.
Giving one- or two-word answers.
Using profanity, even if the interviewer does.
Asking “Will I get the job?”
Discussing salary until later in the process.
Sharing jokes or be overly humorous. This could cast
doubt on the seriousness of your candidacy.
Joshua Sy | Daily Trojan
Tradition | Talk of moving Trojan football to the Rose Bowl ceases
after a tentative 25-year lease is signed by USC and the Coliseum.